TY - JOUR
AU1 - Woolaver, Hannah
AB - REVIEWS OF BOOKS 549 the language of the International Court of Justice in Reparation for Injuries, a ‘power’—to create entities the existence of which is opposable to third states. Essentially, the answer one gives to the question of whether and to what extent general international law is applicable to international organisations depends on how one perceives positive interna- tional law to govern the legal personality of these organisations. Unfortunately, the book does not engage with these issues. Had Portmann’s subscription to the formal conception been wholehearted, his argu- ment as to the inexistence of presumptions for or against international legal personality would have been fully coherent. He would then be providing an explanation of a juris- prudential concept of legal personality that is valid for any legal system, without having to inquire into the particulars of international law. However, when Portmann adds to the frame of reference the individualistic conception and makes a concession to the legal per- sonality of the individual, he appears to be relying on international practice and prece- dent supporting the view that under positive international law individuals can be seen as a category of legal subjects for certain purposes. The reviewer is of the 
TI - Sovereign Equality and Moral Disagreement: Premises of a Pluralist International Legal Order. By Brad R Roth
JF - The British Yearbook of International Law
DO - 10.1093/bybil/brs025
DA - 2012-11-06
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SP - 549
EP - 553
VL - 82
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -